I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
CASEY STENGELThe trick is growing up without growing old.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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